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Objections to kind of the core domestic programs in this bill with both the need in his state and his previous record, which makes you wonder is there something else going on and could the something else be the climate provisions, which have already been scaled back as you know, tremendously to try to get his assent. but those -- today in his statement he really leaned on the argument that the bill would transition the u.s. away from fossil fuels too fast which i dont think there are a lot of cl...

Spike in cases in the united kingdom in orange. in red, you see the recent jump in the u.s., and in blue, the beginning of what israeliy officials are calling their fifth wave. here is a look at covid patients in intensive care beds across the u.s., new mexico, minnesota and new hampshire, covid patients take up more than 40% of the icu capacity, deaths in the midwest lightly out range the other regions right now and nation-wide, deaths rose 8% from the week before. the case for covid-19 booster...

With my older family members, you know, who have medical problems. so i want to ration or mitigate my risks. >> im very grateful for what you do and those around you. so thanks for sharing some of that. dr. tamara dildy, thank you so much. later, how the pandemic is creating a mental health crisis in the u.s. now, the surge of the omicron and delta variants are forcing governments around the world to take drastic and unpopular at times actions. thousands gathering in brussels on sunday to prot...

>> ten more countries have been added to israels red no fly list. foremost among them the united states and canada but also germany, belgium, hungary, italy, morocco, portugal, switzerland, and turkey. that means israelis are now barred or will be once it is fully approved from flying to those countries and any israelis returning from them will have to go into seven days quarantine including the first of those in a designated quarantine hotel. they will be released to home isolation after they g...

Well, germany has followed france in imposing restrictions on travellers from the uk. while the country still has lower case numbers than the uk, the number of deaths following a positive covid test is rising. im joined now by kai zacharowski, who is head of the intensive care unit at the university hospital frankfurt. welcome to the programme. the german health minister was saying a couple of days ago he expects the omicron variant to unleash what he called a massive fifth wave of the pandemic....

Here and imploring israelis to get vaccinated, to wear masks, asking them to go back to working from home if the private sector and able to do so and most importantly from the governments perspective to get children vaccinated. only about 10% of children have been vaccinated since the campaign began a few weeks ago. that is about 140,000 kids. the government planning to increase ten fold the number of schools where vaccinations will be able to take place. i think a sense of resignation in israel...

Pass meaning that only the vaccinated would have access to large areas of public life, isa, and that could start potentially in january. >> which is what were seeing more and more across continental europe. thank you very much, both of you. israel is taking strong measures to slow the spread of the omicron variant. its adding the u.s., canada, and eight other countries to the red no fly list starting at midnight tuesday. a fifth wave of covid-19 has arrived. were joined live from jerusalem. as...

Israel. naftali bennett taking to the airways on sunday evening in a news conference to try to get the message across to israelis that time is running out. >> translator: omicron is already here, and it is spreading quickly. the numbers are not yet high, but it is a very infectious variant. and with the rate of infection doubling every two to three days, as we are seeing around the world, we can say that the fifth wave has begun. >> and this tsunami, as naftali bennett describes it, he suggests ...

Across the country. as this map shows, cases have spiked significantly in a majority of states over the last two weeks. meanwhile, omicron has already taken hold in europe, where surging cases have forced countries to impose new measures to curb the spread. the netherlands just entered a strict lockdown, closing non-essential shops and cracking down on holiday gatherings. in england the national health service is planning to treat some covid patients at home to ease the burden on hospitals. surg...

Italian media reporting that the government could soon make masks mandatory outdoors and require negative tests for vaccinated people to enter crowded public venues. denmark is set to close cinemas, theaters and museums and will limit the amount of people in stores and shops. one resident said its a bleak way to end the year. >> seeing all the countries, denmark among them, slowly starting to shut down, some of them are even completely shut down. its a little bit depressing. >> no country wantin...